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Well, I’m too rich for the first two options. But not rich enough for the other two.

My recommendation? It is really awful that these Dilbert bonuses are running the same period as the other bonuses. Here we have all of these stocks that are commission free and we can buy 100 more shares beyond our maximum…it’s not a time when I can give away 50% of my dividends when I’m using them to take advantage of these bonuses. If you had offered the Redistribute Wealth on a different week, I might have been less committed to where my dividend revenue goes and felt more free to give it away to others.

Completely agree with Liz. I’m also still not sure about all of the various bonuses, etc. that are restrictive to certain user groups. I’ve been around on Empire Avenue for a while and have earned my stripes for where I sit on the boards. I also understand the need for new user retention and maintaining current user interests. However, how can you meet these ends without the Ave turning into a socialist economy/market by solely propping up the bottom ranks?

Ha. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for keeping the newbies in the game! I just wonder if the end goal is to keep their interest or to seriously expedite the time that it takes to be on the top of the boards with everybody else(?).

One thought that I’ve mentioned elsewhere is why not set up a mutual-fund like investment for people to learn the ropes? This would allow people to have a ‘softer’ investment as far as risk goes, and through this medium they could invest in the performance of the portfolios of others. It would yield a lesser return, but it would involve less time and not so steep of a learning curve out of the gates. From there, and with time, they could invest in individual stocks, missions, or whatever they would like.

It’s worth noting that there are a lot of upgrades in the Shop that aren’t feasible for new users and as such only benefit longer-time/higher-end players. Just because the current Bonuses will expire next week doesn’t mean that we’re done with them forever 🙂 — watch for all sorts that appeal to both high-end and and newer players.

The bonuses and upgrades are a nice touch to get the engines flowing. They do seem to be aimed at newer players, which is great, but it does leave most of these off the table for established or quick learner types. I also agree with Liz that the timing for all these to come out so quickly and together may keep some people from sharing the right choices. I guess thats the gamification part and you can never please every person 😉

Its also a little disturbing that you can buy an extra 100 shares in a person as a bonus, but it doesn’t work if you are already maxed at 700. Why stop at 700? I can’t complain too much since I am not maxed out on everyone in my portfolio AND I can possibly get that extra 100 without the 6% commission; however, if it says you can buy an extra 100 in a stock, there should not be an implicit limit of 700, it should work no matter what stock because the current max IS 700.

Overall, Keep the good stuff coming! My engines are hot about the possibilities 🙂